Legends of Rupganj is a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division. Rupganj, in Narayanganj District, just to the east of Dhaka, is the home town of the club's founding owner, Lutfar Rahman Badal.^[1]

History

Under their previous name, Gazi Tank Cricketers, they won the title in 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, under their new name and ownership, they finished fifth.^[2]

• 2014–15: 16 matches, won 8, finished fifth
• 2015–16: 16 matches, won 9, finished third
• 2016–17: 11 matches, won 6, finished seventh
• 2017–18: 16 matches, won 10, finished second
• 2018–19: 16 matches, won 13, finished second
• 2021–22: 15 matches, won 11, finished second
• 2022–23: 16 matches, won 9, finished fourth

Naeem Islam captained the team from 2017–18 to 2021–22, and Mashrafe Mortaza in 2022–23.

Records

The team's highest score is 141 by Ashar Zaidi against Old DOHS Sports Club in the first match of the 2014–15 season.^[3] The best bowling figures are 6 for 33, performed twice: by Naeem Islam against Partex Sporting Club, in the second match of the 2014–15 season,^[4] and by Mohammad Sharif, who also took a hat-trick in the same innings, against Gazi Group Cricketers in 2017–18.^[5]

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name	Nat	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Naeem Islam		Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break	Captain
Mohammad Naim		Left-hand bat
Shahriar Nafees		Left-hand bat
Mehedi Maruf		Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Mominul Haque		Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Azmir Ahmed		Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Akbar-ur-Rehman		Right-hand bat	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Asif Ahmed		Right-hand bat	Right-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Jaker Ali		Right-hand bat	-
Salauddin Pappu		Right-hand bat	-
Spin Bowlers
Nabil Samad		Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Asif Hasan		Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Minhazur Rahman		Right-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
Muktar Ali		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Mohammad Shahid		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Rishi Dhawan		Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Subashis Roy		Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium
Taskin Ahmed		Left-hand bat	Right-arm fast